Book Youth St. Paul

GREEN CARD YOUTH VOICES: IMMIGRATION STORIES FROM A ST. PAUL HIGH SCHOOL

Written by 30 LEAP High School students
ISBN: 978-0-9974960-3-1
List Price: $20.00 (classroom set of 30 or more 50% off)

A GREAT RESOURCE FOR ENGLISH AND SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSES, ADULT LEARNERS, ‘ENGLISH LEARNER’ CLASSROOMS, AND BOOK CLUBS!

CLICK HERE to download two free Chapters (Story of Nima Ahmed and Ah Bay Yan from Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a St. Paul High School)

The Midwest Independent Publishing Association (MIPA) has announced the finalists for the 28th Annual Midwest Book Awards! We are excited to announce that “Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a St. Paul High School” was named as a finalist! The awards recognize quality in independent publishing in the Midwest. This year’s awards attracted 206 titles, entered in 31 categories.

Book reading, exhibit and signing (This is a FREE event, but we ask that you RSVP using this link: http://dreamlandarts.com/green-card-voices-reserve-tickets/)

Youth Author's Conference (YAK)

Bethel University, 3900 Bethel Dr, St Paul, MN 55112

Mar 16, 2018

Book reading and signing

Missing Voices Conference

St. Mary's College

Feb 15, 2018

Book reading and signing

Pleasant Hill Hastings Library: HASTINGS READS

1490 South Frontage Rd. , Hastings, MN 55033

Feb 3, 2018

Book reading and signing

Wild Rumpus Bookstore

2720 W 43rd St, Minneapolis, MN 55410

Oct 15, 2017

Book reading and signing

Subtext Bookstore

6 W 5th St, St Paul, MN 55102

Sept 21, 2017

Book reading and signing

Red Baloon Bookshop

891 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105

Jul 26, 2017 (6:30-8:30 pm)

Book reading and signing

The Loft Literary Center

1011 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis

Jun 14, 2017 (7 - 9 pm)

Book reading and signing

BOOK CONTENTS:

30 PERSONAL ESSAYS OF IMMIGRANT YOUTH FROM 12 COUNTRIES

FULL-COLOR PORTRAITS

LINKS TO DIGITAL STORIES ON THE GREEN CARD VOICES WEBSITE

EXCERPT FROM ACT4CHANGE: GREEN CARD VOICES STUDY GUIDE

GLOSSARY

We’ve published two books featuring high schools from Minnesota: Immigration Stories from St. Paul and Minneapolis High Schools. Although the cities are geographically close, they’re demographically very different, and we knew it was important to create a book for each city’s unique population. St. Paul’s immigrant population is predominantly Asian (especially Hmong and Karen), as opposed to the West African demographics of Minneapolis, which are mostly Oromo, Somali and Ethiopian.

The St. Paul book was created in collaboration with the Minnesota 2015 Teacher of the Year, Dr. Amy Hewett-Olatunde, and her students at an all-immigrant public school in St. Paul. The forward is written by locally renowned Bao Phi, a Vietnamese refugee who won the Caldecott Honor, among many other awards, for the 2017 publication of his book A Different Pond.